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Volume 12, Issue 2.
Summer
On March 16, 1986, the Swiss government held a national referendum to decide whether it should apply for membership to the United Nations. The membership proposal was defeated by a margin of three to one. In this paper, C. L. Robertson examines the reasons for the outcome of the referendum. He argues that the decision was a product of the electorate's ... read morepoor opinion of the UN as well as its perception that membership would deprive Switzerland of its neutral status.
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